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- Short: Boosts Kickstart speed on 68040 or 68060
- Author: simon@studio.woden.com (Simon N Goodwin)
- Uploader: simon@studio.woden.com (Simon N Goodwin)
- Version: 36.07
- Type: util/sys
-
- SUMMARY
-
- This free utility makes operating system code a lot faster by
- copying Kickstart - the built-in part of the Amiga's operating
- system - into fast memory. It does this dynamically and can be
- activated or deactivated at any time. It has been tested on CPU
- accelerators made by Commodore, GVP, MacroSystem and Phase Five
- and written with compatibility and reliability in mind.
-
- First Aminet Release: 3rd May 1998.
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
-
- Any Amiga with Fast Memory and a 68040 or 68060 processor: LC,
- XC or MC version - as a MMU Memory Management Unit is required.
- Up-to-date SetPatch with CPU libraries, Enforcer or equivalent.
-
-
- BENEFITS
-
- * Boosts speed of all Kickstart ROM routines by up to 30 times.
-
- * Allocates RAM from the top of memory to minimise fragmentation.
-
- * Allows de-allocation as well as allocation, freeing 516K memory.
-
- * Full diagnostic Exec result codes for cases when it can't work.
-
- * Avoids undocumented 68060.library hooks, for compatibility with
- all 68060 or 68040 systems with an MMU.
-
- * Designed to suit 1 Mb Kickstarts as well as Commodore 512K ones.
-
- * Freely distributable, with full assembly language source code.
-
- Please see QuickROM.text and QuickROM.asm for more details.
-